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ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL 19 September 2018 Dear Sir/Madam You are hereby invited to attend a meeting of the Ards and North Down Borough Council which will be held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, The Castle, Bangor on Wednesday, 26 September 2018 commencing at 7.00pm. Yours faithfully Stephen Reid Chief Executive Ards and North Down Borough Council A G E N D A 1. Prayer 2. Apologies 3. Declarations of Interest 4. Mayor’s Business 5. Mayor and Deputy Mayor Engagements for the Month (To be tabled) 6. Minutes of Meeting of Council dated 29 August 2018 (Copy attached) 7. Minutes of Committees (Copies attached) 7.1. Special Planning Committee dated 21 August 2018 7.2. Planning Committee dated 4 September 2018 7.3. Environment Committee dated 5 September 2018 7.4. Regeneration and Development Committee dated 6 September 2018 7.5. Corporate Services Committee dated 11 September 2018 7.6. Newtownards Town Steering Group 11 September 2018 7.7. Community and Wellbeing Committee dated 12 September 2018 8. Requests for Deputation 8.1. Renewal of Lease Bryansburn Football Club 8.2. Mr Alan McIlwaine – Compostable Garden Waste 9. Conferences, Invitations etc. 9.1 Item Withdrawn 9.2. Cork County Council - International Service Design Network Global Conference 2018 11-12 October 2018 (Copy correspondence attached) 10. Northern Ireland Travel Awards – Best Visitor Information Centre 2018 (Report attached) 11. Boundary Commission Report (Report attached) 12. Further Request for Nomination at Social Enterprise Awards 2018 (Report attached) 13. Sealing Documents 14. Transfer of Rights of Burial 15. Notices of Motion Status Report (Report attached) 16. Notices of Motion 16.1.Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Chambers I respectfully request Officers to prepare a report on the need for a playpark facility in the Towerview area with a view to including it within the existing strategy going forward. 16.2. Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Muir, Woods, Girvan, Robinson, Walker and Wilson That this Council notes the Fieldwork Report from Phase 1 – Building Capacity in Communities in Transition (Kilcooley & Rathgill), commits to the message that “Paramilitaries Have No Place” and requests that Officers bring back a report in relation to the recommendations made including, but not limited to, development of clear protocols for engaging with paramilitary groups and individuals. 16.3 Notice of Motion submitted by Alderman Girvan and Alderman McDowell Given the significant increase and projected increase of housing developments in Comber, Lisbane, Ballygowan and Killinchy that this Council writes to the Department of Infrastructure to ask what plans they have to develop Phase 3 of the Comber Bypass i.e. from the Killinchy Street roundabout to the Ballygowan Road, Comber, to reduce the anticipated increased volume of traffic that will pass through the centre of the town. 2 16.4 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Boyle and Councillor McAlpine That this Council agrees to write to the Divisional Manager DfI Roads – Southern Division, Simon Richardson, responsible for the Strangford Ferry Service, asking for a rescheduling of their current timetable to commence at 7.15am rather than 7.45am, to meet with the noticeably increasing needs and requirements of their regular early morning customers wishing to avail of this service. 16.5. Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Muir and Alderman Smith That this Council agrees to move the “Welcome to Crawfordsburn’ sign to the village settlement boundary on the Ballyrobert Road. 16.6 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cathcart In line with the Council's desire to improve our blue and greenways as part of the Integrated Tourism, Regeneration and Economic Development Strategy, this Council looks to improve the upper coastal path between Pickie Fun Park and Smelt Mill Bay. Whilst the long-term future of this area will be addressed in the Bangor Coastal Masterplan, in the short-term the Council asks for an officer’s report to consider minor works to improve the appearance and tourism potential of the area. Proposals will consider removal of trees and shrubbery to open up wonderful sea views, graffiti removal, the relocation of benches and potential new signage. 16.7 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cathcart This Council, as part of its desire to improve the Borough's environment, asks for an officer’s report, following appropriate health and safety assessments, on the removal of litter from inside the sea barriers along the Eisenhower and Pickie piers at Bangor Marina. 16.8. Notice of Motion submitted by Alderman Henry and Councillor Smart That this Council notes that Northern Ireland has the highest suicide rate of any region of the United Kingdom. In Ards and North Down statistics show that in 10 years 2006 to 2016 there were 200 who were recorded as losing their lives to suicide. We must remind anyone in distress or despair that support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Urge anyone with suicidal thoughts to immediately contact their GP or any of the brilliant Mental Health charities for help. Council notes also that funding of Mental Health Services across Northern Ireland remains inadequate and expresses outrage that the ongoing political impasse at Stormont has meant that Protect Life 2 – the new strategy and action plan to reduce our suicide rate has still not been published due to the absence of a Local Minister. 3 We agree to write to the Secretary of State to emphasis to her that the current situation is unacceptable and urge her to intervene to secure the immediate publication of this strategy. **COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE** 17. Environmental Warden Contract (Report attached) 18. Portavogie 3G Pitch (Report attached) 19. Belfast Region City Deal (To follow) 20. NILGA Local Government Awards Ceremony (Report attached) 21. NILGA Consultation: Devolution within Northern Ireland (Report attached) 22. Tender for Design Contract for Ballycopeland Windmill (To follow) 23. Food Destination Development Plan 2018-2021 (Report attached) 24. Ards Blair Mayne Wellbeing & Leisure Complex – Additional Pool Plant Costs (To follow) Circulated for Information (a) Department for Communities – Birthday Honours 2019 (Correspondence attached) (b) Northern Ireland Water – September 2018 Edition of Waterline (Copy attached) MEMBERSHIP OF ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL Alderman Carson Councillor Dunlop Alderman Fletcher Councillor Dunne Alderman Gibson Councillor Edmund Alderman Girvan Councillor Ferguson Alderman Graham Councillor Gilmour Alderman Henry Councillor Hunter Alderman Irvine Councillor Kennedy Alderman Keery Councillor Martin Alderman McDowell Councillor McAlpine Alderman Smith Councillor McClean Councillor Adair Councillor McIlveen Councillor Allen Councillor Menagh Councillor Armstrong-Cotter Councillor Muir Councillor Boyle Councillor Robinson Councillor Brooks Councillor Smart (Mayor) Councillor Cathcart Councillor T Smith Councillor Chambers Councillor Thompson (Deputy Mayor) 4 Councillor Cooper Councillor Walker Councillor Cummings Councillor Wilson Councillor Douglas Councillor Woods 5 ITEM 6 ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL A meeting of the Ards and North Down Borough Council was held in the Town Hall, The Castle, Bangor on Wednesday, 29 August 2018 commencing at 7.00pm. PRESENT: In the Chair: The Mayor (Councillor Smart) Aldermen: Carson Irvine Fletcher Keery Gibson Smith Girvan McDowell Graham Councillors: Adair Hunter Allen Martin Armstrong-Cotter McAlpine Boyle McClean Brooks McIlveen Cathcart Menagh Chambers Muir Cooper Robinson Cummings Smith Douglas Thompson Dunlop Wilson Dunne Woods Edmund Gilmour Officers: Chief Executive (S Reid), Director of Community and Wellbeing (G Bannister), Director of Regeneration, Development and Planning (S McCullough), Director of Environment (D Lindsay), Director of Organisational Development and Administration (W Swanston), Corporate Communications Manager (C Jackson), Democratic Services Manager (J Wilson) and Democratic Services Officer (J Glasgow) 1. PRAYER The Mayor (Councillor Smart) welcomed everyone to the meeting and invited the Chief Executive to commence the meeting by reading the Council prayer. NOTED. 2. APOLOGIES Apologies for inability to attend were received from Alderman Henry, Councillor Kennedy, Councillor Ferguson and Councillor Walker. C.29.8.18 PM 3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillor Dunlop declared an interest in Item 16 – The Soldiers’ Charity Ladies Lunch. NOTED. 4. MAYOR’S BUSINESS The Mayor expressed condolences to Alderman Girvan on the passing of her mother. The Mayor was saddened to advise Members that a Council employee, Evelyn McKinley had passed away. Evelyn had previously been an employee of the legacy Ards Borough Council and the Mayor advised that he would be passing condolences to Evelyn’s family on behalf of Council. The Mayor also advised that Councillor Ferguson had been unwell of late and he had sent the Council’s best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. Members gave a round of applause to congratulate the Director of Organisational Development and Administration on her recent marriage. Alderman Smith asked that the Mayor send a letter on behalf of Council to Alison and Kieran on the very successful recent Open House Festival. The festival had involved 140 events in 40 venues over 31 days, those events had been wide ranging including music, theatre, literature, film, poetry, visual art, food and drinks events. 40,000 people had attended the festival and ticket sales